Industry Moves
NBA’s Rossomondo succeeds Arroyo in Dorna Sports CCO role
Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder of the MotoGP motorcycling championship, has recruited the National Basketball Association’s Dan Rossomondo as its new chief commercial officer.
Alfieri and Visconti take on new roles at FC Diez Media
FC Diez Media, the IMG-owned business that manages the commercial rights to South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) club competitions, has promoted Diego Alfieri and Pedro Visconti to the roles o…
Peter Nørrelund to end 20-year Viaplay tenure in April
Viaplay Group, the international subscription streaming service and broadcaster, has today (Tuesday) announced that its executive vice-president and chief sports officer, Peter Nørrelund, has decided …
De Stefano resigns as Rai Sport director
Alessandra De Stefano has resigned as sports director of Italian public broadcaster Rai after little over a year in the role
Eurovision Sport’s Fratellia appointed to new director of Olympics position
Pascal Fratellia, the long-serving European Broadcasting Union sports rights executive, is switching from his role of commercial director at Eurovision Sport to head up a dedicated Olympics team at the…
Former Pro League CBO Monbaliu joins LaSource consultancy
Leander Monbaliu, previously chief business officer at Belgian football’s Pro League, has joined LaSource, the Paris-based sports, digital and technology consultancy.
Osborne becomes Sky’s first head of women’s sport
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has announced the promotion of long-serving producer Jo Osborne to the newly created role of head of women’s sport.
FloSports makes two executive hires
Sports streaming company FloSports has announced the hiring of Jayar Donlan as chief content officer and Gene Chuang as senior vice-president of engineering
LiveMode recruits ex-Meta LatAm sports head Lenz Cesar to lead expansion
Brazilian sports marketing agency LiveMode has recruited experienced sports broadcast executive Leo Lenz Cesar to its expanding team
OneFootball recruits Beer as SVP, platform and content
Media company and direct-to-consumer streaming platform OneFootball has recruited experienced media specialist Rhys Beer to the role of senior vice-president of platform and content
Seven.One Sports’ Zant joins Sportradar to lead global partnerships team
Stefan Zant, co-founder of the sports business unit of German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat
Mayer exits as DAZN chairman
Kevin Mayer has departed as chairman of global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group following the completion of a fixed two-year contract
TMRW Sports makes four executive hires
TMRW Sports, the golf technology venture co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, has made four new executive hires, including Ken Aagaard as vice-president of broadcast technology ahead of the launch…
River Media appoints Umbro, Deltatre executives to support new business development
UK-based sports media company River Media Partners has named Scott Watson as head of business development and Miles Watson as head of rights and new business
CAF eyes greater returns with recruitment of new commercial director
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has recruited Egyptian Hassan El Kamah as its new commercial director
Experienced broadcast executive Raynaud named permanent EPCR chief
European Professional Club Rugby has named Jacques Raynaud as its new chief executive following what it described as an “extensive and rigorous global search”.
OneFootball sheds another 150 jobs after Web3 overspend
Streaming platform and media company OneFootball is to shrink its headcount from 470 to 320 as it dramatically reduces its cost base in the wake of recent moves into the non-fungible token (NFT) and wider…
Watson replaces long-serving Tonoli as DAZN CCO
Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN Group has appointed Marc Watson as its new chief commercial officer, replacing the long-serving Jacopo Tonoli